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Basu

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From: Cornell University

Registered: 2006-12-15

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kernel trying to mount /dev/sr0

When booting my kernel tries to mount /dev/sr0. But it says it can't find it. Is there someway to stop the kernel from mounting it? It's not in /etc/fstab.
Thanks,
Basu

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fphillips

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2009-01-24

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Re: kernel trying to mount /dev/sr0

What HOOKS are you using in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf? If one of them is a raid hook and you don't have a raid array, remove it.

Basu

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From: Cornell University

Registered: 2006-12-15

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Re: kernel trying to mount /dev/sr0

my hooks are: base udev autodetect pata scsi sata keymap filesystems
I don't think any of them are for raid, though I don't think I need scsi. is it safe to remove it?

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fphillips

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2009-01-24

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Re: kernel trying to mount /dev/sr0

Sorry, I must have been thinking of another thread when I wrote the above. I'm not sure why sr0 would try to mount - the exact messages would be useful. Yes, scsi is used for the sg/sd_mod/sr_mod/scsi_mod modules. So you wouldn't be able to use CD/USB drives until the modules were loaded manually. I haven't tried removing "scsi" myself, so I can't say there's not a possibility for making your system unbootable.